TONGUE AND GROOVE

[steadphil]

i need to make some tongue and groove boarding for some doors. they need to have a small bead running along the tongue, but i dont which cutter to buy, i have looked through the axminster catalogue and cant seem to see one and have also looked through the trend catalogue. I have bought a cutter to shape skirting boards by mistake and would appreciate being pointed in the right direction. can anybody help me?

 

[ByronBlack]

Hi - are you definitly wanting to go the router route? There are plenty of moulding planes on ebay for sale that can help you do what you need to do.

 

[Steve Maskery]

If you ahve bought the wrong cutter and not used it, try asking Trend for a replacement. My experience is that they are very customer-friendly and will do their best to help you out.

Technically it shouldn't be a problem, I wouldn't have thought.

 

[Anonymous]

If the doors are to be painted you can buy MDF boards with T&G all ready moulded in it, will save you a lot of time. the shape is a double V with a bead in between.

 

[Jake]

I think the bead runs along the groove side normally - certainly easier to machine on that edge.

You need something like this that page explains about all you need to know as well.

 

[jasonB]

As Jake says the beading cutter is what you need, you won't get a cutter that does the T/G as well as the bead in one go.

Jason

 

[Scrit]

I always think the standard router cutters for the single bead ar a bit big and clunky for some classes of work. A scratch stock or beading plane is capable of a much smaller, more delicate bead

Scrit